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    Species Accepted

    Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Desert Horned Viper
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Cerastes
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Ceraste cornuta Italian
      Ceraste cornuta del deserto Italian
      Desert Horned Viper English
      Hoornadder Dutch
      Hornhuggorm Swedish
      Hornviper German
      Nordafrikansk Hornslange Danish
      Raguotoji angis Lithuanian
      Saharan horned viper English
      Saharansarvikyy Finnish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      92 results
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      Ibrahim, Adel A. (2013). The Herpetology of the Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. Vertebrate Zoology 63 (1): 87–110.
      Milto, Konstantin D.; Samy A. Saber, Abdullah M. Nagy, Roman A. Nazarov, Daniel A. Melnikov, Natalia B. Ananjeva. (2019). First Report on the Reptile Diversity of Wadi El Gemal National Park, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Russ. J. Herpetol. 26 (3): 175-184.
      Werner, Y. L., Le Verdier, A., Rosenman, D., & Sivan, N. (1991). Systematics and zoogeography of Cerastes (Ophidia: Viperidae) in the Levant: I. Distinguishing Arabian from African Cerastes cerastes. The Snake 23:90-100.
      Schnurrenberger, & Hans. (1963). Fishes, amphibians, and reptiles of two Libyan oases. Herpetologica 18 (4): 270-273.
      Trutnau, L. (1981). Beobachtungen an der Hornviper Cerastes cerastes (L. 1758). Herpetofauna 3 (13): 11-16.
      Sochurek, E. (1986). Die vier Formen der Wüstenottern. Elaphe 8 (1): 4-5, 20, 4.
      Mertens, & Robert. (1944). Einige Beobachtungen über die Hornviper (Aspis cerastes). Wochenschrift (Blätter) Für Aquarien- Und Terrarienkunde 1944 (2): 33-35.
      Gotch, A. F. (1986). Reptiles - Their Latin Names Explained. Blandford Press, 176 Pp.
      GARCÍA-CARDENETE, Luis; M. Victoria FLORES-STOLS & Saúl YUBERO. (2017). New cases of syntopy between viperid snakes (Viperidae) in the Atlantic Sahara. Go-South Bull. (2017), 14, 139-141.

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